The Legends Still Live On
Bogen Dreizehn: Es ist ein schöner Tag für ein Datum!
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Aboard the Zuikaku one particular day, Erich and Miho were both in their apartment hard at work as the school's Arts of Warfare commanders. They were currently sorting out and doing some paperwork related to the team as they wore their normal school outfits, fit with their usual additions to them. This included Miho's gifted Ritterkreuz that remained around her neck practically all of the time.
Erich took a look at a calendar set up on the table as both continued on with their work. They were both seated at the main table in the room. His eyes briefly widened ever so slightly as he took notice of what events were ahead for the Arts of Warfare programs. This was because there were no events scheduled for the coming weekend.
"Hey, Miholein," he got Miho's attention with as he turned over to her. Miho turned to him in response as she paused her own work. "You notice that there's nothing going on for the teams this weekend?"
Miho looked to the calendar at his words and found the same thing he did. "There's nothing planned…" she observed. She then turned back to Erich. "Why do you bring that up?" she asked with slight confusion. She really had no idea why her boyfriend was mentioning such a thing.
Erich smiled as he spoke up again. "Well, I was just wondering if you wanted to take advantage of that break and go see a movie with me this Sunday," he proposed to her.
Miho grew a blush on her face and widened her eyes as she processed Erich's proposal. 'He's actually asking me out on a date?!' she wondered in her own thoughts. She had wanted to go out on an actual date with him ever since they got together, but their busy schedules often meant they could not have such luxuries. She then grew an elated smile. "Oh, I'd love to, Bubi!" she responded without a single hint of the contrary.
Erich kept his calm smile as he replied, "That's great." He then got up. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get away from this paperwork," he continued as he walked over to the door. "See you later!" he said as he left the apartment.
"Huh?" Miho wondered in utter confusion as she saw him just get up and leave like that. But the most likely reason for why he did hit her after she thought a bit. "Oh, he just wanted me to do his paperwork for him, didn't he?!" she grunted in exasperated frustration as she turned back to face the piles of paper on the table.
As she looked at the huge numbers of papers there, she grew a bit more of a resigned look and sighed in defeat. "I am so going to get his lazy Arsch for this," she said to herself as she unwillingly continued to do her own paperwork plus the work that was supposed to be done by her boyfriend.
But as she continued doing the endless paperwork, she started growing another smile as she looked forward to the date that she now had with Erich. "But I'll get him after our date," she corrected her previous vow to put her romantic desires first.
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Elsewhere as he walked along around the Zuikaku, Erich got a message on his phone.
"I wonder if this is her chewing me out," he thought aloud as he pulled up his phone. But he raised his eyebrows in discovering it was not from Miho.
Instead, the message was from Anton. It read, 'Hey Bubi! You wanna come and have some fun with all of us? We're planning to hit the arcade.'
Erich thought over his request before he shrugged and sent off a reply. "Why not," he figured as he typed away. "I've probably been locked out of the apartment already anyways, so why not."
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That coming Sunday morning, Miho woke up in her bed from her slumber and sat up as she stretched herself out. She had worn only her desert pink undergarments to sleep. Oddly enough, Erich was already gone from the apartment they shared. For what reason was unknown to her. "Aah, this is going to be the best Sunday ever!" she remarked with an elated smile as she kept her eyes closed for the moment.
But she grew a bit of a start as she opened her eyes. She looked over to the alarm clock she had, which showed what time it was. Upon seeing the time, she then got up very quickly as she ran to get dressed. "But that being said, today's also my date with Bubi, and I can't go while so unprepared!"
As she slid on her usual pajamas for the moment, she got her phone out and sent off a text to Saori. It read, 'I need you and the girls to help me get ready for my date with Bubi! Please come quick!'
Miho got a response nearly instantly. Saori's message read, 'We'll be there yesterday!'
About a second later, she heard a knock on her door, and she looked to it with a bit of stunned confusion. "Well, that was almost impossibly fast," she remarked as she approached and opened it.
Outside the door were all of her friends, that being Saori, Hana, Yukari, and Mako, all in their casual clothing. All of them were bent over as they recovered their breaths for the time being.
"What is this I heard about a date?" Saori started as she caught her breath. She then fully caught her breath and rose. "Why haven't I heard about this yet?!"
"You do realize that she's just going out with Erich for the day, right Saori?" Hana asked Saori as she rose from regaining her breath.
"Well, yeah," Saori responded back a bit awkwardly. "But it's just…"
"Well, anyway, what exactly are we here for?" Mako asked Miho. Her question was somewhat humorous given her ever-present monotone.
"Um… Well, you see… I kind of wanted your help with getting ready," Miho began with a nervous smile as she twirled one of the locks of her hair with her finger. "I really want to surprise Bubi by looking more outgoing and daring, and not like my usual shy self… So something like that maybe…?"
"Okey dokey, then!" Yukari answered as she came forth and set her bag down. She had brought along a few of her family's barbershop items in her bag to help. "I'll get you looking ready to knock his socks off!"
Miho turned to her in a bit of alarm upon seeing she had brought out some of her family's barbershop items. "Please, no Panzerhaarschnitt, Yukari!" she practically begged Yukari. She was still haunted by the time she had her hair styled in that way.
"Relax, I'm not gonna do that this time," Yukari dismissed as she brought out a comb and some spray. "Now just relax!" she suggested, and she then began to perform her magic on Miho's hair.
"We'll find an outfit for you, Miho!" Saori determined as she took the other girls into her closet to find a suitable outfit.
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Some time later, Miho was standing in front of a mirror with her friends behind her as they all beheld her new appearance.
Miho herself had her hair tidied up by Yukari into its normal state from its previous more bedridden state. Miho didn't have the chance to tidy it up herself earlier, so Yukari took care of it.
Her outfit was a light blue dress that reached close to her feet and was strapless. It was a bit frilly on the skirt portion, which made it look a bit wavy with the color and the way the frills were styled. She also had on some elegant heels for footwear, which featured a ruby red stone on top of the area her toes slipped into.
"I-Is this really me?" Miho wondered as she looked at herself in the mirror. She twirled herself around slowly to get a look at the rest of her outfit. She then grew a smile at her look. "This looks great!"
"We gave our best!" Saori informed with a smile of satisfaction as the others looked on at Miho.
"I didn't know she had an outfit like that here…" Hana noted to herself.
"But…" Miho began as she turned to face the girls. She had a small, shy smile as well. "I do think this is too much. I mean, this I think would be better for something like a dance…"
"Told you," Mako bluntly stated to Saori. Saori grew a bit irritated by her comment.
"Well, don't worry about that, Lady Nishizumi!" Yukari spoke up with a determined grin as she raised her brush. "We'll find something that works!"
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Later, Miho had herself another new look that she was inspecting in the mirror. Her hair wasn't changed, but she did have on a bit of make-up this time to give her face a bit of a glow.
This outfit was way out there by most people's standards. All that covered her upper body was a red tank top that stopped just below her rack and left her whole midriff exposed. The only thing covering up her lower body was a pair of very short denim shorts that were dark blue, which didn't leave much of her legs to the imagination. Rounding out that outfit was a pair of black high heels.
"So how about this?" Saori asked as the other four stood behind Miho.
"Absolutely not," Mako immediately voiced her disapproval in her typical monotone.
"I know that we're both already at 'that' stage, Saori, but…" Miho began with an awkward smile. She also had a blush at her current outfit. "We're only going on a date to the movies…"
"Ah, right," Saori replied with an awkward smile of her own as she rubbed her head. "I guess I got carried away…"
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And so it was back to the drawing board for getting Miho a suitable look.
"Um, you know girls…" Miho began as she held her new dress by the skirt portion.
Her current outfit was a white strapless dress that was shorter in its length. It only reached down to her knees this time. She also wore some glass slippers for footwear. Because her dress was strapless, her Ritterkreuz around her neck appeared much more prominent with its contrast to the white of the dress and gave her a unique look. The make-up from before was also done away with.
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Later, she got into another outfit.
"I'm really happy that you're trying this hard, but…" Miho tried as she looked at her new outfit.
This one was a black lacy dress of knee length that was decently frilly at the bottom. Her midriff was exposed, but there were laces that went across it that held her dress together. She also had a black headband over her hair with a black tulip on one end of it.
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Even later, she had gotten into yet another outfit. This one was a remaking of her Boko costume. It was sized to her proportions, but it was split down the middle in front, which revealed the short black dress underneath that greatly conformed to her curves. The legs of the costume were no longer present. Instead, some black tights covered them up.
"You are aware that we're just going to see a movie, right?" Miho finally asked her friends as she turned to them.
"Jesus, this is needlessly complicated," Mako deadpanned as the other girls took pictures. "Let me do something."
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Afterwards, Miho stood in her casual outfit, which was her yellow dress with white sleeves. It was a bit different with her Ritterkreuz joining the outfit as well.
"Huh?" Miho wondered in confusion as she looked at her outfit. "But isn't this just casual clothing?"
"With things like this, there's no point in going over-the-top," Mako opined as the other girls stood behind her. "So just be yourself. Erich will enjoy seeing you no matter your look, so there's no need to go overboard."
Miho processed her friend's words for a moment before she understood them, and she grew a smile at hearing them.
At that moment, there was also a knock on the door.
"Guten Morgen," Erich greeted as he opened the door from the outside.
"Oh, Bubi?" Miho wondered upon seeing her lover. She hadn't seen him yet that morning, and she was a bit curious as to where he had gone.
"Hey there," Erich greeted as he leaned against the doorframe with his calm smile. "I know it's still a bit early, but I figured I could come and pick you up since everyone else gathered so quickly."
"Ah, no problem. I don't mind…" Miho began as she started over to Erich, but she stopped at comprehending the rest of the sentence. "Wait… What do you mean by everyone else?"
"Heyoooo!" Anton greeted the girls with a wave as he made his appearance alongside Erich.
"Good morning," Herz politely greeted from behind Anton.
"Hey there, eh!" Nathan greeted from beside Herz.
"I want sleep…" David voiced with a sleepy deadpan tone beside Anton. He looked as sleepy as he always does in the early morning. All of the boys were there in their more casual clothing.
"Well, it turns out that everyone else wanted to see this movie too," Erich informed. He then noticed the other girls behind Miho. "Oh, and you all can come too, if you want."
All of the girls looked on for about a second in silence. Miho then smiled her unique bright smile. "Is that so?" she asked. "Then let's all have fun together for the day!"
The other girls looked a bit lost for a second before they nodded in agreement at the sudden change in what they had expected.
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'I'll admit, I was a bit disappointed that I couldn't spend the day with just Bubi, but the day ended up being a lot of fun anyways!' Miho reflected to herself later that night as she entered her bed and came alongside Erich. Both were in what they usually wore to sleep those days, which was just their undergarments.
She stared at him in admiration for some time. She always loved staring at her boyfriend's body. While it wasn't too special compared to other boys their age, she just couldn't resist his.
'Besides,' Miho thought as she moved to straddle his waist and lay atop him. 'I can always have whatever fun I want with him at night…' She then leaned down to kiss him and begin her idea of 'fun' for yet another night.
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Part of Projekt Jägermeistern.
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